Oak would not resort to these tactics.

Radio Caroline, a radio station based in the UK, has issued an apology after they incorrectly announced the death of Britain’s King Charles III to its listeners.

When a British monarch dies, radio stations in the U.K. immediately enact a strictly rehearsed "Death of a Monarch" protocol.

“Due to a computer error at our main studio the Death of a Monarch procedure, which all UK stations hold in readiness while hoping not to require, was accidentally activated on Tuesday afternoon (19 May), mistakenly announcing that HM the King had passed away,” the station manager for Radio Caroline, Peter Moore, said in a statement shared on social media Wednesday.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/64673855

A double homicide at a gated desert country club near Palm Springs has taken an unusual turn, with investigators now probing whether the deaths of a retired couple are connected to an elaborate online scam in which the wife allegedly sent thousands of dollars to a fraudster posing as Hollywood actor Tom Selleck.

Well, I would say the test results were conclusive, if nothing else.

A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito. It wouldn’t be a statue of just any mosquito , but the pest that some — at least in Cork–believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell — sending him home to die of what was once known as 'Cork fever,' an old name for malaria.

How was this not yet crossposted here?!

title from subheadline so still the original headline. superheadline is "Trump's windswept hair: Untangling fake images from real photos"

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/onion/p/1135773/smallest-statue-in-the-world-irish-councillor-proposes-monument-for-mosquito-that-killed

Irish city council to consider the proposal to honour the pest linked to death of English invader

"Battle" is usually meant figuratively when fighting wildfires.

"Punch" is the name of the adorable baby monkey. There was no violence, thankfully. All of the animals are unharmed.

And the point of this idiocy?

It was later revealed that this appalling stunt was orchestrated purely as a promotional gimmick for a cryptocurrency meme coin.

Sergei Lavrov made the remarks when asked about the possibility of Russia returning to the song contest.

A prominent Israeli legal organization alleges the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is promoting a politically one-sided narrative.

...how is The Onion still in business again?

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/65684852

Dodi Repacks, the second most prolific and well-known repacker of pirated games behind FitGirl, has broken the hearts of piracy aficionados worldwide today, as Dodi has just announced in a “Roadmap” update on his website that he’s scaling back his piracy operation so he can… get married and become a lawyer? Saul Goodman, is that you?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/onion/p/1130984/centre-party-youth-group-calls-for-state-run-dating-service